1. You have XFree86 3.3.5 in 6.1
2. You may need to set up the link
Where did the X server from the tarball go?
And the -dyn. in the package seems to imply it will be looking for some
libraries on your machine, which may be a later source of error. See if you
can get the staticly linked binary
To set up the link, you need to discover where it got inflated and placed
when you ran
tar xvzf RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz
to do that you need to FIND it Probably searching on RIVA will do it.
For demo purposes, let's say it is /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA (this probably won't
be the filename or directory. You'll have to find that)
You need to try
ln -fs /usr/X11R6/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA
ln -fs /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/RIVA
After that, the program to use is XF86Setup and maybe xvidtune once you have
it going.
The last parts of those instruction lines need to be changed to point to the
file where the Xserver actually installed.
If you have more questions after trying this, then ask.
Civileme
Steven Thomas Madara wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting X to boot up, as in - it won't. My video card
> is a Creative Labs Ultra TNT2. I've visited the nvidia website, and
> installed the "RIVA-X-GLX-1.0-glibc-i386-dyn.tar.gz" file. The page also
> mentions that I have to have "XFree86 3.3.3.1 dated after January 7, 1999"
> for it to work. I'm running Mandrake 6.1...how can i check to see if my x
> server is 3.3.3.1 and dated after jan7, 1999? I've tried setting my card
> up with xf86config several times, selecting the regular SVGA server
> options...but each time i attempt to run X I get the error message:
> "No GLINT/PERMEDIA based card found."
> Are there any urls someone could point me to that explain the installation
> and setup of X with a TNT2 card? Do I need to setup XFree86 3.3.3.1?
> Looking for any input on this...
>
> Thx,
> Steve
